The Truckers’ Report flatbed Hall of Shame.

no pics, but went out to lunch today and at the light we're behind a 1 ton pickup with the little flatbed body and another one towing a little dual axle electric brake trailer for some landscaping company

on the first 1T truck is two (count em) two pallets of shrink wrapped paving stones. (like for making patios).

on the 2nd 1T truck is another pallet of this stone and on the probably 12k lb rated trailer is two more pallets of these patio stones

there isn't a tie down in site

really, not only are they way overweight. (the pallets probably weigh (like most pallets) 2500lbs each, the first 1T is literally with wheels in the air but the pallets are just sitting there.

Apparently shrink wrap and magic are going to keep these attached. They are just sitting there.

Good thing only big semi trucks are dangerous.

 

I got another one. (no pics, I was driving a commercial truck down the freeway)

pickup hauling a car hauler trailer (you know, the 16' 2 axles, usually rated around 7000lbs or so with ramps on the back)
with a skid steer on it. (so it's probably overweight already, SS's are heavy)

with 20' sticks of rebar underneath the skidsteer. Not tied down, just sitting there. Yes, that's right, they loaded the rebar. (20-30 sticks of it) then loaded the skidsteer on top of the rebar and tied down the skidsteer.

 

We have tag along trailers that we pull behind our 1 ton and and haul skid steers all the time. Ours are 12,000 pound tandem 16’ tandem trailers. They do just fine.

 

At leased they tide the skid steer down? There is an outfit here (small town) that I rented a man lift from. I was outside when they arrived and not a chain or strap anywhere to be seen. Now I look at them every time I see them and nothing is ever tied down. The driver was sure to show me his pocket remote for the beaver tail though.

 

I agree but we shouldn’t make assumptions either.

 

If there were no assumptions; there'd be a lot less posts in this thread.

 

You mean in this forum....

 

That too.

 

Hard to argue with that.